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College Board Advanced Placement Program (AP)

AP (Advanced Placement) Exams

SJSU grants credit toward its undergraduate degrees for successful completion of examinations of the Advanced Placement Program of the College Board. Students who present scores of three or better will be granted up to six semester units (nine quarter units) of college credit" for each exam (no duplicate credit granted). The number of units granted, course equivalence, and satisfaction of requirements vary.

Requires scores of 3-5 for credit to be granted.

Exam

Units

Course

GE Credit and Comments

ACS

3

CHEM 030A

Area B1 (3 units, no lab)

Art History

6

ARTH 070A & 070B

Areas C1 or C2 (3 units)

Biology

6

BIOL 010

Area B2 & B3 (4 units)

Calculus AB*

3

MATH 030

Area B4 (3 units); ELM exempt

Calculus BC*

6

MATH 030 & 031

Area B4 (3 units); ELM exempt

Calculus BC/AB Subscore*

3

MATH 030

Area B4 (3 units); ELM exempt

Chemistry

6

CHEM 030A

Area B1 & B3 (4 units)

Chinese Language & Culture

6

CHIN 001A

Area C2 (3 units)

Comparative Govt & Politics

3

POLS 002

Area D3 (3 units)

Computer Science A

3

CS 046A

No GE

English Language

6

ENGL 001A

Score 3-4 = Area A2 (3 units); EPT exempt

English Language

6

ENGL 001A & 001B

Score 5 = Areas A2 & C3 or C2 (6 units); EPT exempt

English Literature

6

ENGL 001A & 010

Score 3-4 = Area A2 & C2 (6 units); EPT exempt

English Literature

6

ENGL 001A & 001B, or

Score 5 = Areas A2 & C3 or C2 (6 units); EPT exempt

English Literature

6

ENGL 001A & 010

Score 5 = Areas A2 & C2 (6 units), at student's request; EPT exempt

Environmental Science

4

Elective credit

Area B1 & B3 (4 units)

European History

6

HIST 010A & 010B

Areas C2 or D2 (3 units)

French Language & Culture

6

FREN 001A

Area C2 (3 units)

German Language & Culture

6

GERM 001A

Area C2 (3 units)

Human Geography

3

GEOG 010

Area D (3 units)

Italian Language & Culture

6

ITAL 001A

Area C2 (3 units)

Japanese Language & Culture

6

JPN 001A

Area C2 (3 units)

Latin: Vergil

3

LATN 001A

Area C2 (3 units)

Macroeconomics

3

ECON 001A

Area D1 (3 units)

Microeconomics

3

ECON 001B

Area D1 (3 units)

Music Theory

6

Elective credit

No GE

Physics B**

6

PHYS 002A

Areas B1 & B3 (4 units) [ends Fall 2015]

Physics 1**

4

PHYS 002A

Areas B1 & B3 (4 units)

Physics 2**

4

PHYS 002B

Areas B1 & B3 (4 units)

Physics C, Elec & Mag**

4

PHYS 051

Areas B1 & B3 (4 units)

Physics C, Mechanics**

4

PHYS 050

Areas B1 & B3 (4 units)

Psychology

3

PSYC 001

Area D (3 units)

Spanish Language

6

SPAN 001A

Area C2 (3 units)

Spanish Literature

6

SPAN 001B

Area C2 (3 units)

Statistics

3

SOCI 015

Area B4 (3 units); ELM exempt

Studio Art, 2D Design

3

ART 012

No GE

Studio Art, 3D Design

3

Elective credit

No GE

Studio Art, Drawing

3

ART 024

No GE

U.S. Govt & Politics

3

Elective Credit

Area D3 & US 2 (3 units)

U.S. History

6

HIST 020A & 020B

Areas C2 or D2; & US 1 (3 units)

World History

6

Elective credit

Areas C2 or D2 (3 units)

*Students may receive credit for only one calculus exam.

**If a student passes more than one AP exam in Physics, only 6 units of credit will be granted, and only 4 of those units will be applied to GE.